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eleven games won by the Nationals.
He has worked four full battles and
acted as rescuer in two. Altogether,
he was worked 422-3 innings,, being
scored on but once, the .first inning
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Walter Johnson.
of the first game of the year by the
first man to face him. -
.Doc White holds the record for
consecutive scoreless innings. Ba&k
In 1S04, when Doc was a tender
young thing, he used his left arm
with such good effect that the enemy
did not score for 54 innings.' And'
Doc's mates want him to keep the
glory. To that end they will try their
best to bust the hectic career of
Johnson.
The same line-up that "worked last
Sunday against Detroit will face the
Nationals, with the exception of the
heaver. Mattlck, Schaller and CoTUns
"will do the outfielding, and Jortan,
Rath, Lord and Weaver will do the
close defense work. That combina
tion has been going good, and is at
last beginning to hit when the.blowst
produce runs. "" 1
You've got to hand it to Ping Bo
die. The roller-coaster kid has been
working strenuously to reduce his
weight, not his batting average. In
line with this laudable ambition, he
went out to a tennis stadium with
Matt Foley, through whose eyes read
ers of the Interoash Tvatch the ball
games, and Matt promised to teach
him the game. Ping was strong-for
the pastime. "Just like old" timesf
he said. "All I do is bat this ball over
the little fence." Rapidly the base
line buster scored three points. Matt
rallied and tied the score. "Deuce,"
he shouted vengefully, as he smashed
the ball into Ping's bay window for
the tleing point "H 1!" howled
Ping, who was not wise 16 the scar
ing language. The game broke up.
Result: The loss of several pounds
'for Ping and the acquisition of a fine
coat of tan by Foley. Callahan should
present Matt with a medal for train
ing Bodie. M
Those Eastern teams are liable to
give tho Cubs a harder battle than
local fans look for. This is the firs!
season that little attention was paid
to the Phillies in the pre-seasbn dope.
Heretofore they have been touted as
pace-makers; but each year injuries5